November 30, 2011

Here are the details about the upcoming release on December 6 at 10 PM EST:

You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!

The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.

The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.

If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Meet Fred Bear Gives Comfort! Fred Bear makes it all better - isn't he sweet? I used the layout from The Paper Players Challenge #74 and I started by stamping Fred in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. After coloring him with Copic markers, I cut him out and layered him over the Oval Open Scallop Doily die-namics. The papers are Stella & Rose Hattie by My Mind's Eye. Such a perfect little set for lifting the spirit of a friend who is under the weather. Love it!

Be sure to hop on over to Kim's blog for a list of all the designers playing along today. Lots of eye candy is waiting for you!

Join us as a fan on Facebookfor an early peek at the
stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL
Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.

Today we are introducing 4 new card kits, which I have to say, make it SO easy to whip up a card in no time at all. Taylor has picked fabulous patterned papers, coordinating cardstock and ribbon and embellishments for each kit and you are going to want them all, trust me! The kit I'm using today is Echo Park Times & Seasons - which includes:

10 solid colored cardstock card bases

10 neutral
cardstock image panels

envelopes

patterned paper

ribbon

KaiserCraft
rhinestones or pearls

Each kit is packaged in a Petite Storage Case and are only $14.95. What is a Petite Storage Case you ask? Well, let me just tell you how cool this new storage is! It's similar to the TE Mini Binder Box, but it's thinner and will hold SIX petite stamp sets. It's also perfect to store your 6x6 paper packs and scrap pieces in!

I've made a card with a new Petite set called Sky's the Limit, which also comes with coordinating Taylored Dies! This set is part of the new line of stamps called Embracing Grace, illustrated by Emily Burger. I stamped the balloon in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with Copic markers. I used the balloon die to cut out the image and then added a few clouds, which are also part of the die set. So fun! The layout is TESC150.

Here's a peek at the dies I used today:

The rest of the Baker's Dozen have more goodies for you, so stop on by and see:

November 29, 2011

Here are the details about the upcoming release on December 6 at 10 PM EST:

You can attend the New Release Party on December 6th from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!

The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on December 6 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.

The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.

If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to the MFT Blog NOW. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on December 6 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.

Happy Teasers day! MFT is kicking it off this week with an amazing Who's That Girl & Who's That Guy set called May I Have This Dance? I went crazy with some paper piecing on this one. I stamped the image multiple times on Choice Buttercream cardstock and patterned papers from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Breeze and then cut and layered the images. I added a little shading with some Copic markers as well. See that amazingly gorgeous flower?? That's the soon to be released Fringed Perennial Flower Die-namics. It's FABULOUS! I also added the Skyline Border Die-namics to the bottom of the card and then used the new Mini Tabs Foursome Die-namics for the sentiment tag on the left. So fun!

Don't forget to stop on by Kim's Blog for a list of all the design team members playing along in today's peeks!

Join us as a fan on Facebookfor an early peek at the
stamp sets, as well as a SPECIAL
Facebook GIVEAWAY, on Wednesday night beginning at approximately 6 pm PST.

Good morning everyone! It's day one for TE sneak peeks and we have some super cute ideas for the New Year using various calendar products available at the TE store. I've made a page for January using Moka Kristie, which is part of the Moka collection illustrated by Nancy McKinney. TE has lots of Moka images and you would be able to make an entire Moka calendar!

Here's a side view of how the calendar stand sits. The Desktop Calendar Set is similar to the CD style calendars, but these cases allow more room for both the calendar
and your stamped artwork. The set includes one case and one set of 12
pre-printed calendar pages for $5.95. Case size is 4.37" x 7.52" x
0.32" and the insert size is 4.21" x 7.24"

Here are the Taylored Dies I used today:

Don't forget to stop on by and see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen have whipped up for you today!

November 28, 2011

It's time for the MFT Creative Chat. The My Favorite Things Design TeamCreative Chat is a monthly feature, where we are challenged to explore our creative spaces and share valuable organizational methods, tools, and shopping strategies with you. You'll be able to peek into our creative spaces, ask questions, and share your own ideas in the MFT forum. This month, we were asked the following questions:

Show us your desk. How do you have things set up, and why?

What are your "go-to" tools? Tell us what you can't live without.

Visit Kim's Blog for a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge and get ready to delve into the minds of our creative team.

Welcome to my little crafting space!

My crafty part of the house is in our upstairs loft, right next to my daughter's room - you can see her ever-growing artwork mosaic on her doors. We bought this hutch and office desk a few years ago when my papercrafting supplies were starting to take over and overflow everywhere when I just had a computer desk. I LOVE this desk and it has so many drawers and compartments that I have lots of room for my supplies to grow into. In the photo above, you can see the little shelf up in the hutch that hangs between the two doors and in the little nooks, I keep my acrylic blocks, and little odds and ends. On top of the shelf is my ribbon and 6x6 papers. All of the things I use most are right there within arms reach, so let me show you a few of my favorite "go-to" tools.

First up are my ink pads and Copic markers - if you visit my blog lots, you know almost every image is colored with Copics and stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I picked up these little Quickutz storage boxes at Overstock.com a while ago and when I went to buy more, I found out they were discontinued! NO!!

To the right of my computer are all my dies, stamp cleaning pads, design team stamps for the month, and then of course all my scissors! I have separate scissors for ribbon, paper, foam tape, and everything else. Keeping a separate pair of scissors for ribbon keeps the blades sharp and you won't get frayed edges. Paper really will dull a scissor blade, so you don't want to mix the two.

In the pull-out drawer where a normal person would put their computer keyboard, I have my Scor-Pal, which is SO handy for making all sorts of different projects. I have the self-healing pad in the tray where I do all my gluing and assembly.

Right above the drawer are a couple of things I use. First is my Janome Sew Mini, which I'm using more and more. I wasn't a sewer before, so I'm still learning how to keep those stitches straight and occasionally the tension gets all wonky and I get strange effects, but I'm learning.

Next to the sewing machine is my Big Shot, which I use for EVERY card. It's perfect for all those Die-namics dies that I'm collecting and apparently this beast needs to be dusted. LOL!

Last is my Carl Cutter, which is the best purchase I made for a cutter. I LOVE it! I used to mass produce cards and it cuts several sheets of cardstock at once. Now I just use it for single cuts, but they are smooth and perfect.

I hope you enjoyed my little tour and now I'm off to make a mess of things and create!

November 27, 2011

Hello again! It's been ages since I've had my act together enoughbeen able to participate in a TSG challenge and this week's challenge is gorgeous! Look at these colors!

I was definitely inspired by the blues, greens, and beige and now I think I just want to fall right in and take a nap!

I started with the MOJO216 sketch and then grabbed some Lost & Found Breeze papers by My Mind's Eye along with Make a Wish and got to it. I stamped the cupcakes in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored them with Copic markers, and then cut them out to pop them up over the scallopy circles. Such a fun and quick card - loved this challenge!

Hop on over to the TSG blog for a list of all the Trendsetters participating in this week's challenge and find yourself inspired too.

Good morning
- It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! Here is the
deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at
the very end of this post to enter your card. The links will close on
Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time), and I'll randomly select one card to
feature on my blog on Saturday. So, as long as your card is linked by
10 PM Friday, your card will be in the drawing. Be sure to link
directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card.
You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the
image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC145 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

I'm definitely in that Christmas spirit this week, so I made a Christmas card using Wings of Joy, which I haven't inked up at all since last year! That's just criminal.

November 26, 2011

Hello from the SUPER windy state of Colorado - holy cow. Wyoming, you can take your wind back at any time, really. Our table in the back yard blew over and the glass top shattered into a million pieces during the night. GAH!!!

Anyway - I'm not here to tell you about the mess I need to clean up, no, it's time to announce this week's SSSC winner! Random.org has chosen....

#14 - Jodi Collins!

How darling is this little Snowboard Boy?!! Love the color scheme and that fabulous bow and tag!! Super cute card - congrats Jodi! You can see more of Jodi's amazing work at her blog, Stamping a Latte so hop on over and say hello.

November 25, 2011

Good morning! I'm loving all of the Christmas projects around blogland and they have inspired me to get going on Christmas! This cute little girl is Winter Hannah from By LORi Designs and I've put her with the little Lollipop Christmas Tree - just perfect together. I colored the images with Copic markers and cut the image panel with a rectangle Nestabilities die. The layout is SC359 at Splitcoaststampers and I added a few snowflakes with rolled roses. Kind of a fun and different combination, don't you think?

I hope those of you in the US enjoyed your Thanksgiving - naturally I have eaten way too much and now I'm just a lazy girl on the sofa today. Enjoy your weekend!

One lucky customer will win a set of 10 tags (one each of the tags featured
in today's hop.) Everyone who
places an order at Taylored Expressions Friday - Monday (11/25 - 11/28)
and writes "I want those tags!"
in the comments section of the order form will be entered to win. The winner will be announced on Taylor's blog on
Tuesday 11/29.

Introducing Tags
& Tag-a-longs
so you can quickly and easily create your own tags inspired by today's
samples.

Black Friday Sale - enter coupon code BLACKFRIDAY2011 on any order Friday through
Monday to save 10-30% off your entire order! HURRY! The earlier you shop, the MORE
you SAVE! Details on the TE Store homepage.

Taylor has made it SUPER easy to get started on your tags for this Holiday season with a fun selection of Tags & Tag-a-Longs kits. Each package contains the essentials needed to create your personalized tags - tag die cuts, jumbo eyelets, and a full roll of Doodle Twine! Hop on over to Taylor's blog for all the juicy details.

Don't forget about the Black Friday sale at Taylored Expressions and be sure to enter in the TE drawing for a set of all the blog hop tags! That's 10 tags already made and ready for you. All the details are at the top of this post.

There is more fun for you around the corner, so please stop by and see:

November 24, 2011

Torico is in the mood to make winter all warm and cheery. She has illustrated a fabulous set that will keep you in stitches or get you in the mood to make gingerbread houses and sugar cookies. The set includes hearts, stars, and snowflakes to create a one of a kind snowman or holiday tree. This set also includes six dies – so warm up your die cutting machine and let the baking begin. What set wouldn’t be complete without a few sentiments to add to your winter projects?

Warmest Wishes is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 23 stamps and six dies and will sell for $31.50.

I absolutely love how versatile this set is - you can add all sort of fun accents to each image, like buttons, hearts, snowflakes or stars, and when I sat down to ink it up, tags came to mind. How perfect would these be to attach to teacher gifts? I used the Labels 11 for the basic shape of the tag and then added a little extra length at the bottom, which I used a corner rounder on. I cut out the die cut shapes in Choice Buttercream cardstock, stamped the images in Memento Rich Cocoa and then I added all the accents for each image. The basic layout of the tag is Jen Del Muro's November SFYTT.

Here's a look at each tag - you can click on the image to get a larger view.

Would you like to win the new Warmest Wishes stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.